Just Enough Room Island, The Worlds Smallest Inhabited Island And The Interesting Story Behind It

 

A family by the name of the Sizeland family gave Just Enough Room Island, formerly known as Hub Island, its name in the 1950s. They intended to buy the land and use it as a vacation “getaway” home, which is why they built the small house and planted at least two trees on the property. They wanted a place where they could enjoy some peace and quiet, so they chose this fairly remote island. Unfortunately, this had the opposite effect, as the house and tree quickly attracted curious and intrigued tourists to the area.

Being roughly the size of and average tennis court, this 3,300 square foot island forms part of the famous Thousand Islands archipelago (a group of islands). Just Enough Room Island can be found just northeast of the commonly known Lake Ontario in the St. Lawrence River. It is the smallest island out of the 1,864 islands that form the (Northern American) archipelago.

In order to have been approved to be counted part of the Thousand Island chain, the island needed to fit certain requirements. One being it needed to have at least two trees or shrubs of any type and be at least a foot above sea level year round. As one can observe in the photo above, the island has literally just enough room to squeeze in the requirements needed. One can see a tree and some shrubs, a miniature beach, and a few iron deck chairs to watch the view as the day goes by.